Figure 169
Roman Type (Garamond?) used in Giovio’s Vitæ: Estienne, Paris
From a copy in Harvard College Library (facsimile), HathiTrust (scan)
1549
Although it is not stated that the book is printed from Garamond’s types, its title-page bears the celebrated mark of the basilisk and the Greek motto which was usually employed by Estienne in his books printed from Garamond’s royal Greek fonts.